Tips on Git Submodule

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:::bash
git submodule init
git submodule add git@github.com:dclong/docker_image_builder.git
git submodule update --recursive --remote

To remove a Git submodule.

git rm submodule

Module Already Exists in Index.¶

in file .gitmodules - delete links to submodule (whole section with submodule name)

in file .git\config - delete links to submodule, as in previous step

in folder .git\modules - delete folder with relative path similar to relative path of “problem” module